14 Ships Expected At PH Port

Fourteen ships carrying 204,652.41 tonnes of goods are expected to berth at Port Harcourt port.

This is contained in the shipping position report of the port made available to The Tide correspondent on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.

The report said that 10 of the expected ships are carrying rice.

They are MV Marcelo Tres laden with 25,000 tonnes, MV Exelixis with 14,000 tonnes, MV New Fortune with 15,000 tonnes, MV Fatema Jahan carrying 20239.41 and MV Maha Deepa with 13,500 tonnes.

Others are MV Orion Express with 24,100 tonnes; MV Majesty with 17,000 tonnes; MV Sea Rose laden with 15,000 tonnes, MV Vinalines Green with 20,000 tonnes and MV Peace Success laden with 15,000 tonnes of rice.

The report said two ships are expected with frozen fish.

They are MV Normadic with 3,500 tonnes and MV Designer Knysh with 2,313 tonnes of frozen fish.

It also said that two ships laden with petroleum products would berth at the port during the period.

They are MT Biskra carrying 35,000 tonnes of Bitumen and MT Reshma with 16,500 tonnes of fuel.

The report also said that three ships were anchored at the Fairway Buoy, Bonny, waiting to get clearance to sail to the Port Harcourt port.

Two of the ships are laden with frozen fish and one is carrying diesel.